A new action movie is out in theatres looking to help movie lovers properly start off their summer. The highly anticipated motion picture Hancock, starring popular actor Will Smith, debuted two days ago on July 2 and so far, the reviews have been going both ways, either praising its entertaining 90 minutes or talking about the idea’s potential, completely lost during the process.

The movie presents a different kind of superhero, an arrogant, drunk, cynical, women’s butt-pincher, loud and apparently careless man with a series of super-human abilities. His name is Hancock, played by Will Smith, and in addition to everything mentioned above, he also has some anger management issues which pretty much ruin his chances of popularity amongst the people in the city.

Even though he attempts to use his powers for good, he ends up breaking windows, he causes car crashes, destroys buildings, hurts innocent people and harms animals.

In high demand for a change, Hancock teams up with public relations expert Ray Embrey, played by Jason Bateman, after saving him from a collision with a train. Even though Ray’s wife (Charlize Theron) insists on abandoning his attempts, the PR man decides on helping Hancock resolve his issues with the media. In order to change the superhero’s extremely miserable public image, he starts with some new gentle, accident-free landings and a clean language.

Ray even convinces Hancock to serve a jail sentence for destruction of public property and once released, sober and shaved, polite and wearing a brand new leather superhero-like outfit, the police officials request his help in dealing with the city’s crime.

From this point on, the movie seems to begin losing its appeal, as the many untied ends are given some quick and rather unsatisfying answers and the funny moments from its first 60 minutes begin to show less and less.

One of the explanations for its less than functional continuity could be the producer’s decision to cut 30 minutes from the movie’s original two hours, after the screening sessions recorded some negative responses because of its length.

Of course Hancock entertains; once your leading man flies through the air and throws whales in the ocean with his bare hands, that’s about your main target for its release: to entertain. Unfortunately, it could have done a lot better with just a little more work. Even though it isn’t Will Smith’s best performance and the movie has certain flaws, it will take your mind, for about an hour and a half, off the ticket you got for bad parking or the upcoming work day.

Will Smith, one of the world’s best known actors for his roles in movies such as Independence Day, Men in Black, Ali, Bad Boys, I Robot and Hitch is assisted in Hancock by Maetrix Fitten, David Mattey, Eddie Marsan and Jae Head, in addition to the contributions brought by Jason Bateman (Arrested Development) and Charlize Theron (The Italian Job, Monster).

The movie received a PG-13 rating for the language used and also some intense sequences of violence and sci-fi action. The movie’s director is Peter Berg, best known for his work on 2007’s The Kingdom.